THE REASON

"I grew up in poverty and I know that education is the only way out.”

Fons Maex, FOUNDER Kim’s Chocolates

Fons Maex went to Tanzania to visit cocoa farmers for the first time in 2010. He saw farmers, children and entire communities in big dificulties. Climate in Tanzania is favorable for cocoa cultivation but farmers face many challenges with old trees and lack of knowledge.

He wanted to help somehow. The only way out of poverty is knowledge, therefore first step was enforcing the weak educational infrastructure in the region.

AT FIRST

When Fons returned to Belgium hedonated 5,000 EUROSto school toBUY 2,000 BOOKSBut this was only the beginning...

SITUATION

1,900classrooms needed building or renovation

430,000school books needed

65,000children would benefit from this

20-25,000families live from cocoa in Mbeya, Tanzania

Labor practices on cocoa farms are an issue, with too many children participating in hazardous farming tasks or working at the expense of attending school.

Farmers earn less then

1$ per daySmall farmsVery low productivityAging cocoa trees

WHAT WE DID UNTIL NOW

Completing & renovating...

up to20182019

473

176

...classrooms

60

35

...staffrooms

46

22

...HEADMASTER OFFICES

* These figures are covering only inaugurated buildings.

IN THE FUTURE

To finish600+classrooms underconstruction

To renovate700+to build newclassrooms600+

To finish58teacher offices,

to renovate93to build53new ones

To buy430,000books

FUNDING

A fixed amount on each ton of cocoa beans is bought on our behalf.In fiscal year 2015-16 Kim’s donated399,053€In fiscal year 2016-17 Kim’s donated 458,857€Kim’s hopes to donate in 2018552,816€

Biolands is our local partner and subsidiary of Barry-Callebaut.Biolands is working with smallholder farmers to ensure fair prices are paid to the farmers and to improve cocoa quality, yields and farmer livelihoods.This farmer-centric, village-to-port approach enables full traceability for every bag of cocoa.We can use their facilities and staff free of charge. Their trucks take our construction materials into the villages. On top of that, they organize and run our whole productivity program.